schools i want to be chanced for: mount holyoke college, UC berkeley, northeastern, penn state, university of illinois urbana-champaign, barnard
gpa 3.7uw/4.2 w
6 honors
3 APs: mwh sophomore (5 on exam), currently taking apush and ap lang, intending to take ap lit, ap euro and the ap macro exam in my senior year (my school doesn’t offer ap macro)
my schedule this year got screwed up because of the rona, i lost a foreign language credit and have a study hall where i didn’t want one, got put in a CP science class instead of an honors one
i basically have taken all honors besides language and math. i’m not a strong math student and not very passionate about spanish
goal is 1400 SAT ive been practicing consistently, i have a 710-avg reading 550-avg math score and my last practice test had a 1320
no ACT
i rank in the 18th percentile of my class
i’m white, first-generation, attend a urban public school and i’m an avid scholar and got nominated for the LEAD program at uconn (my state school), i am a very strong essay writer and hoping it helps me
my ec’s include drama (won an award for acting), writing, gsa, and animal club, i want to start model un at my school next year because we have no clubs during rona
nhs and nehs qualifier
currently writing 2 research papers on narrow field (post-soviet comparative politics in balkans)
my prospective major is international relations or russian/eastern european studies, economics minor
library volunteer, volunteer for senate campaigns doing phonebanking and canvassing
Your ECs are related to your major which is very important so I commend you for that! You’ll most likely get into Penn State, Illinois, and Mount Holyoke. As far as the other schools, most of them have a higher average GPA which would have required you to take more APs. They also like to see people who have had more challenging course-loads but you are definitely not out of the running. To be competitive at Northeastern and Berkeley you’re going to need to bring that SAT into the 1450-1500 range. What I’ve noticed about Berkeley is they put a-lot of emphasis on the essays. They like to see people who are giving and very into community service and helping others. This is a good start to a list for college, Berkeley, Northeastern, and Barnard are definitely some of your reach schools though.
As an OOS applicant, is your family prepared to pay full fees at around $65k/year with little to no financial aid.
UC’s were test blind this year and may continue with this trend for the next admission cycle so GPA will be a major factor.
UC’s use only 10-11th grades for the UC a-g course requirements. Make sure you are familiar with these requirements. OOS Honors classes are not weighted by the UC’s only AP/IB courses taken 10-11th grade. At end of Junior year, calculate your 3 UC GPA’s using this calculator: GPA Calculator for the University of California – RogerHub
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